TY - GEN A1 - Vorwerg, Susan A1 - Michel, Sven A1 - Martin, Titus A1 - Braun, Alexander A1 - Prill, Robert A1 - Kirschner, Jana A1 - Meisinger, Matthias T1 - Influencing parameters on intensity control for cold applications to the knee joint T2 - The International Disabled People`s Day - XXIth edition - Life without Pain / Healthy Children - Healthy Europe N2 - Cold therapy is a common postoperative treatment that is applied in different forms. Many studies reported which influence different refrigerant have on lowering the skin temperature, to the sensation of pain and the reabsorbing edema. In conclusion it can be stated that a lack of quality and low number of available studies, the efficacy of cryotherapy do not assign and the application after hip and knee arthroplasty is even contradictory. Striking are the various types of information with regard to the duration of application, shape and intensity. Because of the missing evidence for sensibility of application intensity this study aimed to determine influential parameters with moderate cold (11°C) for improving the intensity control. 15 healthy subjects aged 23.2±1.26 were tested. The parameters BMI, fat mass and muscle mass were recorded. All subjects received a cold application by the invented and developed IceCube at the right knee joint for 15 minutes. The temperature was measured for six times with an infrared thermometer at five standardized points of the knee joint. During application and till the last measurement subjects were immobilized. The applied cold application resulted in a significant decrease of temperature in all measuring points concerning the pre-post-comparison. 20 minutes after removing the cuff significant temperature increases in 3 measurement points, still keeping below starting level, were remarked. Furthermore it is evident that the temperature differences of the muscular measuring points are significantly higher than those of the not muscular measuring points. Besides a higher fat portion leads due to the isolation effect in relation to musculature to significantly fewer variations in temperature. This realization is to be considered for an adequate intensity regulation. In order to confirm the force of expression of the results, it requires further investigations with higher test person numbers. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-UBICO/frontdoor/index/index/docId/28222 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273004421_Influencing_parameters_on_intensity_control_for_cold_applications_to_the_knee_joint SN - 978-83-88380-73-0 SP - 78 PB - Oficyna Wydawnicza Klubu Literackiego "Inspiracje" CY - Zgorzelec ER -